When information technology distributor Ingram Micro moved its distribution centre to Eastern Creek, New South Wales, in December 2011, one of its objectives was to reduce its carbon footprint.
Ingram Micro, like many Australian organisations, is setting goals for itself to lower its greenhouse gas emissions. The company engaged Australian lighting manufacturer EELCO (The Energy Efficient Lighting Company) to provide the lighting in its new, purpose-built Advanced Logistics Centre. The distribution centre measures 40,000 m2, with more than 34 docks, 6000 additional pallet storage locations and an expanded (650 m2) on-site configuration centre, making it the largest technology distribution centre in the Southern Hemisphere. EELCO had supplied the high-bay lighting in Ingram Micro’s former Sydney distribution centre in Matraville, NSW, in 2007. The system has paid for itself in energy savings twice over, with zero maintenance costs.
Over the next 10 years, as well as reducing running costs, Ingram Micro estimates EELCO’s lighting system will enable the company to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1230 tonnes per year, compared with standard high-bay lighting. Its electricity consumption will be reduced by 1.15 GW per year - the equivalent of 150 average Australian households’ annual power consumption.
A total of 677 EELCO1848A_5LT5 high-bay lights were installed in the centre. EELCO linear fluorescent lights, which are manufactured in Sydney, offer much greater energy efficiency compared to traditional high-bay lighting. They also reduce eye fatigue, thus improving health and safety, and productivity.
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Linear fluorescent technology offers improved performance and longevity compared to emerging technologies such as LED, said EELCO CEO Mat Fear. “LED has its place in domestic and low-roof commercial environments but it is not as viable in high-bay installations. The life expectancy of even high-quality LED light sources diminishes markedly in high ambient temperature environments such as those typically found in Australian warehouses, factories and other high-roof facilities,” noted Fear.
“In addition to cost savings, we’re confident EELCO’s lighting system will enable us to significantly reduce our carbon footprint,” said Michael Colagiuri, Director of Operations & Logistics at Ingram Micro Australia.
The key benefits of the EELCO linear fluorescent lighting systems include: they use less power than conventional high-bay lights; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; are longer-lasting, so bulbs need replacing less frequently, with reduced maintenance costs; produce higher quality light, with lower eye fatigue.
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